Arja Saijonmaa

Finnish singer (born 1944)

Arja Saijonmaa
Arja Enni Helena Saijonmaa (born 1 December 1944) is a Finnish singer, political activist and occasional actress. Life and career. She studied at the Sibelius Academy and earned a Bachelor of Arts at the Helsinki University. She made her breakthrough as a singer in Sweden. She has made albums with Swedish translations of songs by Mikis Theodorakis, as well as covers of Zarah Leander songs. In 1978 she issued Miten voi kyllin kiittää, an album of Finnish translations of the songs of the Chilean composer and singer Violeta Parra. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arja_Saijonmaa

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